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2008 Healthcare Professionals' Opinions
on Presidential Candidates' Health Plans

Which current presidential candidate do you feel would most improve the US healthcare system? (In alphabetical order).
Physicians' unedited comments listed below:

All Comments for this Question

1. [No Answer Entered] 

2. none of the above 

3. Ron Paul 

4. none of them have a clue 

5. Ron Paul 

6. none of the above 

7. [No Answer Entered] 

8. NOne of the above 

9. I don;t think politicians or insurance co should regulate healthcare. 

10. Whoever adopts the Healthy Americans Act or something similar. 

11. [No Answer Entered] 

12. Right now . . . none of the above 

13. None represent true universal healthcare 

14. NONE 

15. none-current ideas are too controlling 

16. They all suffer from Narcissistic Personality Disorder and will screw up the mess even more. 

17. None of the Above 

18. None of the 3 would improve the US system. 

19. presidents dont do it, congresss does 

20. none of the above 

21. None of them 

22. I think healthcare is beyond any significant positive change. 

23. kucinich 

24. None, because it is difficult for these people to understand problem. 

25. None of these 

26. [No Answer Entered] 

27. Not sure 

28. None 

29. None of these have the fortitude to change things properly 

30. None of them has the full scope of how the insurance companies operate and hinder the system 

31. They are all clueless but Clinton and Obama are worse 

32. McCain would be the closest--however would prefer a candidate that promotes more deregulation. 

33. none 

34. [No Answer Entered] 

35. no one, politicians have no idea how health care works 

36. paul 

37. none will improve 

38. none 

39. None of these candidates truly know how to achieve a sustainable NHS 

40. None of the above... 

41. I do have have any confidence in any of them. 

42. none- Mccain is not clear on his plan, and Hillary/obama want UHC 

43. none of them 

44. none 

45. Ron Paul 

46. [No Answer Entered] 

47. unknown- dont know enough 

48. none 

49. none to improve-it will get worse 

50. Ron Paul 

51. not clear yet, i'm not surew if any really understand how poor moral of all workers not just doctors is 

52. Hilary will change it, not sure if it will improve it 

53. None of the above--Need to have an independent board of experts, including physicians. The present system would work better eliminating fee control. 

54. I think UHC will be a drain on our economy and my income 

55. Ron Paul 

56. Ron Paul 

57. [No Answer Entered] 

58. NONE 

59. None of the above 

60. Cant say 

61. Ron Paul 

62. have no idea! 

63. none of the above 

64. All rely too much on insurance industry. 

65. [No Answer Entered] 

66. none are great! 

67. I haven't seen a plan which really addresses the problems adequately 

68. The Congress by adopting the Healthy Aamaerican's Act in some form. 

69. I don't know if any truly take the perspective of the M.D. 

70. none of the above,there is no plan for how this will be implemented 

71. None 

72. None of them. They are too closely tied to the Insurance companies. 

73. Fred Thompson 

74. None 

75. Ron Paul 

76. none 

77. None because they do no understand medical practice and they do not include nursing for input in UHC 

78. Ron Paul 

79. no one understands the problem 

80. none 

81. NOT SURE 

82. I don't know 

83. Health Savings Accounts 

84. Fred Thompson 

85. Nute Gingrich 

86. single payor tax supported universal coverage. 

87. None 

88. Mike Huckabee 

89. none of the above are proposing the necessary changes needed to overhaul a very dysfunctional system 

90. I don't think anyone is really committed to REAL changes 

91. None. But, I certainly don't like Clinton's and Obama's UHC. 

92. I can't see the government helping the health care system at all. 

93. NONE 

94. Dennis Kucinich 

95. Mitt Romney or Duncan Hunter would have improved the most but are now out of race 

96. None of the above 

97. After healthcare is improved, will the gov go on to lawyers etc. 

98. They each cover only a part of the global issues. 

99. None of these candidates are likely to have the TIME in office needed to improve healthcare. 

100. none 

101. None of these candidates truly understand the issues at hand. 

102. i really don't know. 

103. none 

104. I don't think any have a plan that will work 

105. none 

106. non of these candidates 

107. No plan has established what medical care would be provided. 

108. none 

109. none 

110. Prefer not to say 

111. unfortunately none of them 

112. Ron Paul 

113. Probably none of them. 

114. Kucinich- single payer 

115. No good choice 

116. I do not feel any of the candidates will improve the healthcare system. 

117. don't know 

118. Non of the above 

119. Ron Paul 

120. Ron Paul 

121. None of the above. 

122. Michael Savage or Pat Buchannan (write in candidates) 

123. Too early to tell. 

124. Dennis KucinichE 

125. I don 't think any has a good plan 

126. do not know 

127. Mitt Rhomney 

128. none of the above 

129. none 

130. We need to work together on this situation 

131. None of the Above 

132. Ron Paul 

133. none 

134. Ron Paul 

135. None 

136. None of the above 

137. Richard Paul 

138. none of the above 

139. Ron PAul 

140. none of these 

141. None of the candidates. 

142. Ron Paul 

143. Presidential candidates want votes. They really don't care about healthcare. 

144. Ron Paul--he is a physician 

145. none 

146. Neither one 

147. none of the above 

148. NONE! 

149. It should be an effort by all 

150. ralph nader 

151. none of the above. 

152. Huckabee 

153. Nader 

154. none of them 

155. [No Answer Entered] 

156. No one proposal captures all of the needed features 

157. there are no good solutions on the table 

158. I don't know enough, yet, about each proposal 

159. None of them. He/she will likely do nothing or make things much worse. 

160. none of them 

161. Would have been Mitt Romney 

162. none 

163. Uncertain at this point. 

164. senate 

165. none of them 

166. None have a plan that will work 

167. unknown 

168. don't know 

169. none 

170. none of the above 

171. None of the above 

172. none will make it better 

173. None of them as they do not have a handle on the issues that face most Americans 

174. NONE 

175. none 

176. None of the above.

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